Re: [PATCH] Fix PR target/8340

[Geoff Keating <geoffk at geoffk dot org>]

> From: Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou@libertysurf.fr>
> Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 11:01:25 +0100

> > This is OK, but not for mainline, only for b-i-b.  It will introduce
> > regressions in ports that (wrongly) don't define
> > PIC_OFFSET_TABLE_REGNUM to be INVALID_REGNUM when not using PIC.  In
> > particular, I see that MIPS, ia64, and alpha all define
> > PIC_OFFSET_TABLE_REGNUM unconditionally.
> 
> OK for mainline, now that the issue has been addressed, and a "Won't fix" for 
> the gcc-3_2-branch ?

It's not OK for mainline because it isn't a bug fix, it's a new
feature, and mainline is closed for new features.

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- Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@geoffk.org>